There have been countless relationships that have captured gamers over the years, and many ways that developers have used to achieve them. I spent hours with Zidane & Garnet of Final Fantasy IX and Tidus & Yuna of Final Fantasy X, both games where strangers become intertwined through hundreds of lines of dialogue and…

I recently stumbled upon Dauntless: a free-to-play online game that compares itself most prominently to Monster Hunter, though I’ve seen mentions of Dark Souls and Diablo too. Other than a short mention, I haven’t seen much in the way of news here and wondered what people thought.

Stories are best told in a way that plays to the strengths
of their medium. It’s the reason books usually focus so much on letting you
delve into the minds of the characters and why many comic books use brightly
clad super heroes and focus so heavily on action. Films can draw atmosphere
from music, acting, visuals and…

Hi Tay! As I said in
my last review, I'll just be reviewing whatever I've read last, which happens
to be Death Note this time. Due to the ubiquity of Death Note, I figured that
most of you will know the story of Light and L by now so I thought I'd change
things up a little bit. I'll be reviewing the manga as usual,…

Hello TAY! I'm
Jamesem92, Kotaku reader and frequent lurker here on TAY. I've noticed that
both Kotaku and TAY are full of anime chat and reviews, along with the same for
Western Comics, but even though there's the odd mention of manga news on the
main site and a bit of discussion over here, I never see any reviews. I…